Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 2/11/2023 2:50:00 AM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Brayden Graham (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) highlighted an impressive Friday night for the Bloomsburg men's track & field team as he broke a 17-yard old school record in the 1-mile run at the Fastrack Indoor Collegiate Qualifier. The Huskies set six personal records and four Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying marks between the Fastrack Indoor Collegiate Qualifier and the River Hawk Friday Night Showdown.
 
At the Fastrack Indoor Qualifier, Graham led a strong group on the track with all four PSAC times and five of the PRs. Graham took ninth overall in the 1-mile run with a PR and school record time of 4:16.32. He currently ranks fifth in the PSAC with two weeks to go before the PSAC Indoor Championship.
 
The 5,000-meter run was stacked with strong competition as Ryan Duff (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) finished 18^th overall among many DI and DII runners. Duff finished at 15:29.85, which was not only a PR for the junior but dropped his PSAC qualifying time and moved him to eighth in the conference this season. Michael Gavio (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) earned his spot in the PSAC Indoor Championships with a 21^st-place finish at 15:36.84, a personal-best for Gavio. Caden Dufrene () turned in a personal-best performance as he took 36^th overall with a time of 16:04.25.
 
Parker Jarratt (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) moved up to 12^th in the PSAC with a 10^th-place finish in the 800-meter run. Jarratt crossed the finish line at 1:56.63, an indoor PR for the junior.
 
Brady Dowell (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township), Jarratt, Andrew Basile (Easton, Pa./Easton Area), and Graham finished seventh overall in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:26.89. That is the fastest time for the foursome this season and the ninth-fastest time in the PSAC this year.
 
At the Rover Hawk Friday Night Showdown, hosted by Susquehanna University, the Huskies had six top-10 finishes.
 
Andrew Kane () took seventh overall in the long jump with a PR of 6.20 meters (20' 4.25"). Michael Makowski (Marion Heights, Pa./Mount Carmel Area) finished eighth overall with a PR throw of 14.17 meters in the weight throw.
 
On the track, Richard Loughran finished ninth overall with a time of 2:08.44 while Matthew Carroll (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) took sixth in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:38.36.
 
The 4x200-meter relay team of Marco Olmedo (Norristown, Pa./Norristown Area), Kane, Kyle Marcinkevich (Dickson CIty, Pa./Mid Valley), and Josh Leininger () finished fourth with a time of 1:38.66 while Carroll, Loughran, Aidan Skinner (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove), and Zachary Ryan took third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:54.79.
 
The Huskies head to the Bucknell Tune Up in Lewisburg, Pa. next Friday before taking on the SU Tune Up on Saturday, February 18 in the final weekend before the PSAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.